A new evaluation tool for monitoring devices and its application to evaluate the implantable doppler probe

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Iblher, Niklas ^a   Eisenhardt, Steffen U ^a   Penna, Vincenzo ^a   Stark, G Bjoern ^a   Bannasch, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler probe; Free flaps; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; IMPLANTABLE DOPPLER PROBE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DEVICES; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULARIZATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77952947789     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248235     Document Type: Article

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